Read Edit View history 食古不化 shígǔbùhuà to be a half-baked pedant Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents Senses Add sense 食古不化 shígǔbùhuà (also shígǔbúhuà) to be a half-baked pedant To swallow ancient learning without digesting it; to be pedantic by sticking to old ways without knowing how to apply them to the present. Edit Delete References Add reference synonym 食古不化/食古不化 → 刻舟求剑/刻舟求劍 Edit Delete synonym 食古不化/食古不化 → 胶柱鼓瑟/膠柱鼓瑟 Edit Delete antonym 食古不化/食古不化 → 推陈出新/推陳出新 Edit Delete antonym 食古不化/食古不化 → 日新又新/日新又新 Edit Delete antonym 日新又新/日新又新 → 食古不化/食古不化 Edit Delete
食古不化 shígǔbùhuà (also shígǔbúhuà) to be a half-baked pedant To swallow ancient learning without digesting it; to be pedantic by sticking to old ways without knowing how to apply them to the present. Edit Delete